Shovel-handle



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J. O. MANTOR.

SHOVEL HANDLE No. 369,800. Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

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JAMES OTIS MANTOR, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOVEL-HANDLE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,800, dated September 13, 1887.

Application filed January 17, 1887. Serial No. 224,608.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs OllS MANToR, of Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Shovel-Handle, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap, light, strong, metal shovel-handle.

I am aware that heretofore metal shovelhandles have been made in sections or have been cast in a single piece. The cast handles are, however, liable to imperfection, are unnecessarily heavy, and require considerable finishing in order to fit them for the market.

My present invention consists in a shovelhandle made from a single piece ofsheet metal, whereby I obtain great strength and lightness and economy in manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the sheet-metal blank from which the shovel-handle is formed. Fig. 2 is a View illustrating the grasp-bar bent into shape and the side bars bent into proper position; and Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the completed shovel-handle.

The blank shown in Fig. 1 is formed with projecting wings a a at the center, making an enlarged central portion, which is of a proper shape and size to form the grasp-bar a, as shown in Fig. 2. The side bars of the handle are formed by the straight narrow portions 1) of the blank, as is also clearly apparent in Fig. 2. On each end of the blank is an en- (No model.)

larged portion, 0, of proper shape to be bent up into a half-circle or halfsocket, so that the two end pieces, I; I), together form a socket for the reception of the ordinary wooden stem of the shovel.

The sheet-metal blank, when bent up in the manner described, may be brazed, welded, or soldered where the edges are brought together; but in practice the material from which the handle is made will be sufficiently stiff and strong to retain the shape into which it is wrought without such brazing, welding, or soldering. The blank may be struck or worked up into shape by any well-known means.

By the term shovel-handle I mean the grasp-handle or D-handle, and not the socket connected with the shovel proper or blade.

I claim as my invention 1. A shovel-handle having the grasp-bar, side pieces, and socket formed of a single piece of sheet metal.

2. The sheet metal blank for forming a shovel-handle, of one piece of metal, having the enlarged portion a for the formation of the grasp-bar, side pieces, b, and the end pieces,

0, for the formation of the socket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JAMES OTIS MANTOR. WVitnesses:

OLIVER WALKER, WALTER M. KIDDER. 

